“Even with friends, I had difficulty giving or receiving physical affection, although I secretly craved it.”
“Have friends, not for the sake of receiving, but of giving.”
“My shadow serves as the friend I crave.”
“Although in the past I had seen a few exchanges of genuine affection between them, the Warshaw men were awkward and ill at ease with each other.”
“...although I had to admit a certain affection for the Mattel booth advertising Urban Survival Barbie, now with her own Machete and blood testing unit.”
“If by ‘foe’ you mean a brutal killer, then I suppose I’d fall into the ‘friend’ category,” I replied cynically. “Although in your case, we may have to find a secret option number three.”